Oncology

Patients with metastatic melanoma who received immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy paid more in care costs but experienced lower mortality than patients who did not receive the therapy, according to a working paper published March 4 by the National Bureau of…

“How can I deliver care not just to the 100,000 patients who might have cancer but to the 500,000 patients who may be at risk of cancer?”  That question is shaping the early tenure of Anirban Maitra, MD, who recently…

Valdosta, Ga.-based SGMC Health has tapped Nicole Centers to serve as director of the Pearlman Cancer Center.  Ms. Centers was also appointed administrative director of oncology for the health system, according to a March 4 news release from SGMC Health.…

There are 38 health systems and medical centers that Optum may refer its payer and employer clients to for complex oncology care. Optum’s Centers of Excellence networks recognize providers that are clinically superior and offer cost-effective care for cancer, bariatric…

Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt Health has launched an AI partnership to accelerate and improve cancer drug discovery.  Through the partnership, Vanderbilt Health’s Molecular AI Initiative will collaborate with Bertis, an AI-driven proteomics-based precision medicine company, according to a March 3 health…

Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine has established the King Center for Lynch Syndrome at the University of Pennsylvania’s Abramson Cancer Center.  The center is the first of its kind in the world and was established through a $10 million gift from Cynthia…

Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai Health Sciences University co-developed an AI platform that can predict which of two approved chemotherapy regimens for advanced pancreatic cancer is likely to be more effective for a given patient. The platform analyzes scanned images of standard…

Global breast cancer incidence is projected to reach more than 3.5 million cases and 1.37 million deaths by 2050, up from 2.3 million cases and 764,000 deaths in 2023, according to a study published in March in The Lancet Oncology. …

Non-Hispanic Black patients with early-stage non-small cell lung cancer are 8% to 9% less likely to receive curative treatment compared to non-Hispanic white patients, according to a study published March 2 in JAMA Network Open.  Researchers from New Haven, Conn.-based…

Physicians at Morgantown, W.Va.-based WVU Cancer Institute became the first in the U.S. to perform an endoscopic ultrasound-guided microwave ablation procedure on a pancreatic tumor. The procedure was led by Shailendra Singh, MD, according to a March 2 news release…